Apparatus for bundling scrap stock



June 3, 1930. N. c. GUIDEN APPARATUS? ROR BUNDLING scRAP s'rocx Filed' Feb. 21,. 1927 /Nx/E/YTOR' l I I TToA/Er Patented June 3, 1930 UNITED STATES vPATENT, OFFICE NICHoLnsC. GUIDEN, oFBnIsToI., CONNECTICUT, AssrGNoR To J. II..sEssIoNs-&'SON, Vor BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT,` A CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT Y y `APPARATUS Fon BUNDLINGy sonni YSTOCK y Application filed February 21,V 19.27. Serial No. 169,733.

My invention relates to machines for arranging sCrap metal of considerable length in compact form so that 'it may be readily handled and in securing such scrap in the form of bundles, and an object of my invention, among others, is the production of a machine of this type that shall be simple in construction and particularly eicient for the purposes for which it is designed.

One form of device embodying my invention and in the Construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved bundling machine.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the upper part of the machine illustrating its method of operation.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the machine.

Figure 5 is an isometric view of a bundle produced by my improved machine, on reduced scale.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 6 indicates the legs of my improved machine that are formed of any suitable material of any desired shape, that herein shown being angle iron common to structures of this class and which is provided with'side bars 7 v and end bars 8 for securing the legs together'.

The structure, when viewed in plan, is of rectangular shape and comprises a table 9 secured to table supports 10 extending between and secured to the legs 6,these supports preferably being in the form of angle iron. The.

table comprises the bot-tom of an open ended box that also includes sides 11 that may be formed integral with an upturned from the table, and as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. A series of holes 12 are formed near opposite ends of each or' the sides, the holes in a series in one side being arranged opposite the holes in the series in the opposite side of the box.

Benders are rotatably mounted at opposite ends of the box, these benders each comprising a bending bow 13 and a handle 14 prei erably formed from a rod of' stock bent to shape and as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. A vjournal v15 is ormedat one end of d the bender and a journal 16 is located between the bow 13 and the handle 14, these journals being mounted in bearings 17 secured to extensions 18 of the legss, the extensions 18 providing a support for the sides l11 of the box, vand to which extensions said sides 'are secured as by rivetingfor otherwise. A

A retainingpin .19 of a length toextend acrossitheboxvis formed for engagement in the .holes 12 for. the purpose of retaining the scrap stock 20 in position while being bent s into the form of abundle.

It willbe understood that in the manufacture of various articles from sheet metal,as I.

by apunchi-ng or stamping process, pieces of scrap of considerable length are produced Vafter-'the articles have been blanked, andvthis scrap is subsequently used up in the production of metal in useable form. Inforder that f shown .herein as of'regular shape. They are placed in the box21 and are extended across andwithin the'fbows 13, as shown in .Figure 3, and the pin 19 is extended through the openings in the sides of the box and above the strips, but preferably in Contact therewith. One of the benders is then, by means of its handle, rotated to pass'the bow 13 upwardly and inwardly into the box,lth'us folding one end of the; mass of*y scrap stock over the pin and as illustrated at 22 in Figure V3 of .the drawings. The `pinl 19 is then removedk and inserted in the openingsl at the o-ppositeend of the box, when the operation just described is repeated as to the-opposite endy of themass of stock, thusrfolding the opposite ends of said mass, over theentral portion; thereof f.,

and one upon the other, as shown in Figure 5, to produce a bundle 23. Before placing the scrap stock in the box a binding wire 24 is placed upon the bottom of the box extending crosswise thereof at about its lengthwise center, and after the bending above described has been performed this wire is wrapped about the bent mass and its' ends secured, as by twisting, thereby retaining the mass in its bent condition and completing the bundling operation.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the device which I now consider to represent .the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means and appled to uses other than those above set out.

I claimn 1. A bundling machine including a table, means for holding scrap stock upon said table, means for locating said holding means in different positions with respect to the length of the said table, and a bender movably mounted to operate upon an end portion of said stock and fold it over said holding means.

y 2. A bundling machine including an open ended box, means for retaining scrap stock within said box, and a bender pivoted at the end of the box and movable into a position within the same to operate upon stock to fold it over said retaining means.

3. A bundling machine including an open ended box, means for holding scrap stock within said box, a bender rotatably mounted in bearings located at the end of the box above its supporting surface and including a bending bow the length of which determines the width of the bundle, a handle, the latter to operate the bender to fold said stock over said holding means. l

4. A bundling machine including an open ended box., means for holding scrap stock within said box, a bundler including a vbow within which said stock is received when resting within the box, means for rotatably supporting said bundler at the end of the table, and means for operating said bundler to move its bow into a position within said box for folding said stock over said holding means.

5. A bundling machine including an open ended box for supporting the central portion of an elongated mass of scrap stock, means located adj acent an end of said box for holding the said stock against the supporting surface of the box and means for folding a projecting end portion of said mass of scrap stock around the holding means into the box, vsaid means including a relatively narrow portion for exerting a pressure upon the stock laterally of said holding means to make the fold substantially permanent.

6. A bund-ling machine including an open ended box, means located adjacent an end of the box for holding scrap stock against the supporting surface of the box, and a bending bow having end portions journaled at the said end of the box and having an intermediate portion movable from a position outside of the box to a position within the same between the holding means and the longitudinal center of the box for bending an end portion of the scrap stock around the holding means and pressing it toward the portion of the stock located inwardly of the holding means.

7 A bundling machine including a troughlike box, means for holding scrap stock within the box, means for selectively locating said holding means in diderent positions with respect to the height of the box, and a bender bow having a throw less than half the length of the box pivotally mounted at an end of the latter and movable from a position outside of the box to a position within the same to fold an end portion of the stock into the box.

NICHOLAS C. GUIDEN. 

